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16 Life Lessons

Cool thing is football season is here and Halloween is around the corner!

Anyways there are always ways to improve your life and fitness. No matter what age or fitness level. So here are 16 tips to improve your life NOW:

1. Figure out your goals. If you don’t have any then make some. If you have some then maybe its time to figure out the baby steps you need to take to reach them.

2. Eat better foods. If it cant be traced back in 3 steps then its probably not good for you. Here’s an example. Cow-butcher- store=beef, Fields-factory-store=corn.

3. Take time out of your day to make 5 people smile.

4. Do the things that make you happy. I don’t mean buy 8 pizzas and eat them if pizza makes you happy, I mean if you like dogs go to a dog park. Little things that make you happy.

5. Drink tea. Teas like green tea not so much like the chik-fil-a sweet tea.

6. Time is more valuable then money. Don’t waste it. If you have a goal or something you want to do, save all the time you’ll take figuring it out yourself by going and learning from somebody who’s an expert in that field.

7. Energy is another thing more valuable then money. Don’t waste it on gossip, negative stuff, hate, or things you cant control. Nobody likes an energy vampire.

8. Exercise! Nuff said

9. Help someone in need. It freaked me out when one day I ran out of gas and nobody stopped by to help, 2 hours passed and 1 dude just asked me for directions and left. (I called a friend to help me out and he saved the day). I had no idea how many people just don’t help now. Help someone in need, the best thing is when you know they cant pay you back. That’s true help.

10. Your life is your life. Don’t compare it to others. You never know the journey they have been through in there life to get to where they are at.

11. You’re the only person that can create your happiness. Others can contribute but you’re in charge.

12. Walk by faith

13. Don’t take yourself so seriously. Nobody else does.

14. Learn as much as you can. Especially about yourself. Self improvement is one of the best things you can do. Watch the movie the secret, read anything by Dale Carnegie, Tony Robbins, Joe Vitale etc. (It might sound cheesy but it can seriously change your way of thinking).

15. Make friends and take care of them. Workout with friends, play basketball, volleyball, etc.

16. If there is something you don’t like, find a way to like it. I don’t like a lot of veggies, so what I do is I drink supergreens. I still get all the nutrients I need, I just don’t eat the veggies.